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Design Recipes: Quartz countertops

Whether you are doing a small renovation or just purchased your dream home, the kitchen is typically “the heart of the home." ...
Quartz Countertops Cost The average quartz countertop cost is between $3,000 and $7,500 for a decent-sized kitchen. That’s a wide range, but it depends on things like size of the slab, how many ...
HGTV's David Bromstad swears by this popular countertop material, praising both its durability and style. Here's what you ...
Quartz countertops, also called engineered stone countertops, are man-made products. They are made of 93% to 95% ground-up natural quartz stone and a small number of other minerals and colorants.
Unlike granite, quartz countertops are engineered products, made up of over 90% ground-up quartz, usually a byproduct of mining or fabrication. Quartz is a mineral made of silicone dioxide.
Cambria produces around 30,000 slabs of quartz countertop material every month, says Davis, who adds that the company has also spent millions of dollars on air-handling systems to control dust.
She had never heard of engineered quartz before deciding to replace her old granite countertops, which she had for more than 12 years. "I just wanted something lighter and brighter," Levine says.